Lake Shore Drive open again as Bike the Drive ends

Lake Shore Drive is open to traffic again with the close of Bike the Drive, an annual event that lets bicyclists take over one of Chicago's most celebrated roadways.

The event started at 5:30 a.m. this morning, closing about 30 miles of the drive from Bryn Mawr Avenue on the north to 57th Street on the south. All participants started downtown at Columbus Drive and Jackson Drive, and all bicyclists had to be off the drive by 10:15 a.m.

There was a festival from 8 a.m. to noon at the north end of Grant Park in conjunction with the ride, closing some roads in that area.